Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US18343451Application Date: 2023-06-28
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Publication No.: US12181821B2Publication Date: 2024-12-31
- Inventor: Yuhiro Sakai , Masakazu Uehara , Hironori Takahashi , Tomohiro Watatani , Shota Onishi
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2022-104942 20220629
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device according to the present disclosure includes a rotatable endless belt and an end portion holder. The end portion holder supports each of end portions of the fixing belt rotatably, and has a cylindrical part along which an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt slides and an end wall part which faces an end surface of the fixing belt. The end wall part has a restraint part which faces an outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt with a predetermined interval and restrains the fixing belt from turning up.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240004331A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2024-01-04
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